Carpet-stretcher



(Nb Model.)

W. E. HENDERSON.

CARPET SIRETQHER. I No. 256,838. Patented Apr.25,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. HENDERSON, OF IRON MOUNTAIN, MISSOURI.

CARPET-STRETCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,838, dated April25, 1882,

Application filodDece1nbcr20, 1881. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. HENDER- SON, of Iron Mountain, Missouri,have made a new and usefullinprovementin Carpet-Stretchers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a view in perspective of the improved stretcher; Fig. 2, aview in perspective from the under side of the stretcher-plate; Fig.3,11 viewin perspective, lookingtoward the under side of the crab, Fig.4, a side elevation of the stretcher-plate as in use, the plate beingpressed downward and the carpet bein g against the floor; Fig. 5, asectional elevation, show ing the stretcher as in use, thestretcher-plate and carpetbeinglilted from the floor; and Fig.

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The same letters denote the same parts.

In the drawings, A represents a carpet as being laid upon the floor F,and beingstretched in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 5-.

Brepresents what may beterlnedthestretcher-plate. its rear edge, 1), it-has a series of teeth or points, b,which areinclined orcurved forward,as shown, and at or toward its forward edge it has the teeth or points 00 represents acord attached to the plate B, and leading from the underside thereof.

D represents a crab having thebase-plate r], the shaft 01 at one end ofthe base-plate, and teeth or points (1 in the under side of thebaseplate. A cord, E, leads from the crab-shaft (Z and connects with thecord (J by means of the book 6.

In its underside, and toward or at In practice the plate Bis connectedwith the carpet A by means of the teeth The crab is fixed in front ofthe plate byinserting the teeth (1 in the floor F and holding the end 61of the base-plate d down, and either by inserting the end (1 under thestrip G or by placing the foot upon it, and the cords E and O hookedtogether. Then by winding the cord E on the crab-shaft the parts aredrawn into the position shown in Fig. 5, the carpet being liftedslightly from the floor F and stretched in the desired direction. It"the carpet needs a second stretching, the plate B is fixed and thecarpet prevented from slipping back by pressing the forward edge of theplate down, so as to fix the points I) in the floor, as shown in Fig. 4.When this is done the crab is moved and readjusted and the stretchingoperation repeated: The strip G is attached to the wall or wall-board H.

I claim- 1. The co mbinalion ot' the stretcher-plate B, having the teethb, the cord 0, the crab D, and the cord E, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the plate B, teeth I) b the cords G E, and thecrab D, substantially as described.

3. The combination of theplate B, teeth 1) b the cords (l E, and thecrab D, having the teeth (1 and the extended plate (I, substantially asdescribed.

Vitness my hand.

WILLIAM E. HENDERSON. \Vitnesses:

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